Comments on: It’s not really a code, they’re more like guidelines: Will bloggers accept a code of conduct? http://mediationchannel.com/2007/04/09/its-not-really-a-code-theyre-more-like-guidelines-will-bloggers-accept-a-code-of-conduct/ News and ideas about mediation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and law Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:08:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sanjana Hattotuwa http://mediationchannel.com/2007/04/09/its-not-really-a-code-theyre-more-like-guidelines-will-bloggers-accept-a-code-of-conduct/#comment-132 Sanjana Hattotuwa Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:59:00 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/2007/04/09/its-not-really-a-code-theyre-more-like-guidelines-will-bloggers-accept-a-code-of-conduct/#comment-132 Hi there,<br/><br/>Thanks for this post. Colin Rule and I have, since the Kathy Sierra incident, communicated extensively over email on the need to foment civil conversations online, whilst at the same time avoiding the pitfalls of O'Reilly's rather overbearing approach to the issue. <br/><br/>One early result is a post of mine - "Beyond O’Reilly’s online civility dictum: Fostering healthy debate on the web and internet", available through http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/beyond-oreillys-online-civility-dictum-fostering-healthy-debate-on-the-web-and-internet - that in turn points to a draft code of conduct that Colin helped draft at the recently concluded Online Dispute Resolution Forum in Liverpool, England.<br/><br/>It's, I think, a useful starting place that tackles the vexed issue of civility online and as I note, a problem that some of us who moderate highly flammable websites dealing with the transformation of violent conflict have faced for many years.<br/><br/>Warm regards,<br/><br/>Sanjana Hattotuwa<br/>ict4peace.wordpress.com Hi there,

Thanks for this post. Colin Rule and I have, since the Kathy Sierra incident, communicated extensively over email on the need to foment civil conversations online, whilst at the same time avoiding the pitfalls of O’Reilly’s rather overbearing approach to the issue.

One early result is a post of mine - “Beyond O’Reilly’s online civility dictum: Fostering healthy debate on the web and internet”, available through http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/beyond-oreillys-online-civility-dictum-fostering-healthy-debate-on-the-web-and-internet - that in turn points to a draft code of conduct that Colin helped draft at the recently concluded Online Dispute Resolution Forum in Liverpool, England.

It’s, I think, a useful starting place that tackles the vexed issue of civility online and as I note, a problem that some of us who moderate highly flammable websites dealing with the transformation of violent conflict have faced for many years.

Warm regards,

Sanjana Hattotuwa
ict4peace.wordpress.com

]]> By: Daniel DiRito http://mediationchannel.com/2007/04/09/its-not-really-a-code-theyre-more-like-guidelines-will-bloggers-accept-a-code-of-conduct/#comment-126 Daniel DiRito Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:14:00 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/2007/04/09/its-not-really-a-code-theyre-more-like-guidelines-will-bloggers-accept-a-code-of-conduct/#comment-126 Where is my Easter Bonnet?<br/><br/>While some may see the blogosphere and the behavior of its participants as a new phenomenon, it isn't difficult to find an appropriate predecessor model. That model is found on the streets of any metropolitan area and it is called traffic and the prevalence of road rudeness...or in its extreme...road rage.<br/><br/>Granted, personal attacks and snark on the internet are not likely to lead to fatalities, but if computers had wheels, it certainly would.<br/><br/>The problem on the highway or the internet isn't going to be resolved through a badge system. Did anyone attend Easter mass yesterday and witness the value of symbols...no not the crucifix behind the altar or the statue at the entrance; I'm talking about the pretty new Easter outfits...complete with bonnets and bow ties. These are the outfits worn by the same people who also attend Christmas mass every year without fail...and then get into their shiny clean vehicle and race out of the parking lot without ever yielding to the old woman walking to her car that is parked in the back row because she forgot that it was Easter Sunday and foolishly arrived at the same time she does each and every Sunday.<br/><br/>Read more on the relationship between blog civility and Easter Bonnets...here:<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.thoughttheater.com/2007/04/web_civility_and_easter_bonnets.php" REL="nofollow">www.thoughttheater.com</a> Where is my Easter Bonnet?

While some may see the blogosphere and the behavior of its participants as a new phenomenon, it isn’t difficult to find an appropriate predecessor model. That model is found on the streets of any metropolitan area and it is called traffic and the prevalence of road rudeness…or in its extreme…road rage.

Granted, personal attacks and snark on the internet are not likely to lead to fatalities, but if computers had wheels, it certainly would.

The problem on the highway or the internet isn’t going to be resolved through a badge system. Did anyone attend Easter mass yesterday and witness the value of symbols…no not the crucifix behind the altar or the statue at the entrance; I’m talking about the pretty new Easter outfits…complete with bonnets and bow ties. These are the outfits worn by the same people who also attend Christmas mass every year without fail…and then get into their shiny clean vehicle and race out of the parking lot without ever yielding to the old woman walking to her car that is parked in the back row because she forgot that it was Easter Sunday and foolishly arrived at the same time she does each and every Sunday.

Read more on the relationship between blog civility and Easter Bonnets…here:

http://www.thoughttheater.com

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